The problem is that the FBI has decided, unilaterally, without Constitutional or legal precedent that it can withhold, cherry-pick and redact information asked for by Congress.
It bothers me a great deal that a Federal agency (especially the FBI) thinks it can get away with this and gives us another glimpse into how seedy our government has become.
AOW cutting in here....Readers should note who published this blog post.
Welcome back, Warren!
So this is where the famous I was elected by 800000 people criticism comes from. First I'd like to say he represents 800,000 people all of them may not have voted for him but his district of 800,000 elected him. Next I'd like to say I really enjoy listening to Chaifetz. He schooled him
ReplyDeleteIs there a transcript available? I can't watch video's on my work domain.
ReplyDelete- CI
Here's a politico article that have some salient quotes and exchanges...
Deletehttp://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/chaffetz-fbi-clinton-email-228052
Did you get your "Snowden" movie security briefing yet from your security manager?
I had to wait to watch, actually listen, also.
DeleteI just happened to catch this episode in real time on C-Span the other day.
DeleteWhat I'd like to know right NOW is how EFFECTIVE Chaffetz's subpoena proved to be?
DID the FBI hand over ALL the requested documents sans redactions, or is the FBI still trying to weasel out of meeting its constitutionally-mandated obligations to this congressional committee?
If the answer is no, then we truly HAVE become a "Banana Republic."
And I meant also to say, "We're all very glad to see you back in the fight, Warren."
DeleteI know you've been through a very rough time, but I hope you are on the road to recovery now? Losing a loved one is the hardest thing we have to bear in this life. You may take that from one who knows.
For the little it may be worth, you have had my sympathy all along, there just never seemed anything the least bit useful I could say.
FT,
DeleteWarren sent me this video via email, and I asked him to post it. I'm struggling with pain issues these days (as you know).
Warren and I talk on the phone at least once a week. He's bearing up as "well as can be expected."
But as Warren says, "I have my moments."
It's tough.
42 years of marriage -- and Jackie spent their last anniversary in the hospital.
Thank you FT.
DeleteI've lost a major portion of my life. Good times and bad, they're gone now. I don't intend to obsess over it or pity myself.
My wife once asked me asked me, after a terrible diagnoses, "What do we do now?". I told her that we go forward from this day and take each day as it comes. That is what I shall continue to do.
But that's enough of that.
All right, but FreeThinke asked two good questions, and I wish smeine had tried to answer him, because I've been windering the same thing, myself.
Delete"What I'd like to know right NOW is how EFFECTIVE Chaffetz's subpoena proved to be?"
"DID the FBI hand over ALL the requested documents sans redactions, or is the FBI still trying to weasel out of meeting its constitutionally-mandated obligations to this congressional committee?"
I mean isn't that what the post was supposed to be about?
The entire "investigation" into Hellary and her toadies' serial violation of federal law was wired from the beginning.
ReplyDeleteWe have a turdworld banana republic government of the globalist establishment, by the globalist establishment and for the globalist establishment.
People like Chaffetz just haven't gotten the memo yet.
SF,
DeleteStrongly agree with your second paragraph!
Welcome home, Warren. Great to see you ...
ReplyDeleteZ,
DeleteI'm so GLAD that Warren might be able to post here. Especially right now. I'm still caught in the medical loop and not up to my usual blogging routine.
Thank you Z.
DeleteThere are still loose ends, as you can imagine / know from experience, and many long hours to work.
I intend to post and comment as I'm able.
Many XOs ;^)
Warren,
DeleteI intend to post and comment as I'm able.
You know that I'm nearly down for the count. Hanging on by my fingernails!
Yes, Warren, I do know....that does finally calm down...I'll be looking forward to your posts...sending you the same XO's :-)
DeleteYes: "Welcome back, Warren!"
ReplyDeleteChaffetz:
"We are different" (another video)
Did he really mean to say: "We [were] different"?
Jon,
DeleteWhere is that video?
"Where is that video?"
DeleteIt immediately followed the one that you posted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRQaIAmb4OQ
Jon,
DeleteThanks! I'll watch it.
Thank you JB.
DeleteWelcome back, Warren, from your "other baby sister"!
ReplyDeleteAs for the video, hehehehehe! Good on, Chaffetz!
tmw
Thank You sis.
DeleteWe'll talk soon.
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Delete^^NOT Beakerkin^^
DeleteThis EXACT comment, purporting to be from Beakerkin, appeared at my blog under an entirely different name.
DeleteJust thought you might want to know.
Definitely not my friend The Beak! About to take out the trash.
DeleteWhy was my comment removed?
DeleteJon,
DeleteMy mistake! Blogger was jumpy.
Jon,
DeleteI have fetched your comment from my email:
JonBerg has left a new comment on your post "Chaffetz Schools a Stooge":
@ The Beak Speaks,
"Trump says things that are not nice sometimes."
YES, as so sagely stated above: "The TRUTH is NOT HATE SPEECH". While his zeal to express himself may sometimes override diplomatic prudence, he is seldom wrong when it comes to the BIG PICTURE! Shrillary offers nothing but some 30 years as an abject failure. Why [she] is even a consideration for POTUS defies all manner of logic.
Posted by JonBerg to Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans at September 19, 2016 at 2:47:00 PM EDT
Jon,
DeleteAnd now you know another reason I've cut back on blogging....The pain makes me crazy in that I sometimes don't double check what I'm doing.
Again, I apologize. You are a friend to the blog.
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ReplyDeleteInteresting read over at the Huffington Post...
ReplyDeleteWhy Hillary Lost: A Premature Obit
The blame game has already begun. Here’s where Democrats will point the finger if she loses.
Not to steal your thunder, but this has been standard operating procedure for years now.
ReplyDeleteNo one messes with the democrats. They get away with everything. Could it be because they kill anyone who poses a serious threat?
Kid,
DeleteYou're not stealing thunder. You're making valid points.
Now we have the Digital Age, and the political weasels can be exposed for what they are.
My question: Is the electorate paying attention?
The electorate has power to bring to bear. For now.
ReplyDelete@Kid,
"They get away with everything. Could it be because they kill anyone who poses a serious threat?"
Hey buddy that's not even a question. There is a trail of those who have been found dead who got in the way of the Clintons. You are SPOT-ON! What is the matter with so many who can't or won't see this? I can't stand that every time I'm out, say at Safeway or anywhere else I have to observe , at least 1/2 of every one that I see as a THREAT!
jonBerg, Agree of course and Thanks. (having a prob with some capitol letters btw, new keyboard on the way.)
DeleteThe threat being that they are blinding stupid/brainwashed or they know and actually support the evil. Totally with you there.
OFF-TOPIC but WORTHWHILE. Mr.Trump uses this bit of verse too make a point about Obama-Clinton-D'Rat's dopey, very dangerous Open Door policy tomIllegal Aliens:
ReplyDelete_______ Take Me In _______
On her way to work one morning
Down the path along side the lake
A tender hearted woman
saw a poor, half-frozen snake
His pretty colored skin had been
all frosted with the dew
"Oh dear!" she cried, "I'll take you in
and I'll take care of you"
"Take me in oh tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, O tender woman, "
sighed the snake.
She wrapped him up all cozy
in a curvature of silk
Then laid him by the fireside
with some honey and some milk
She hurried home from work that night
as soon as she arrived
She found the snake she'd taken in
was happily revived
"Take me in, O tender woman,
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, O tender woman, "
sighed the snake.
Now she clutched him to her bosom,
"You're so beautiful," she cried
"But if I hadn't brought you in by now
you surely would have died"
Now she stroked his pretty skin and then
she kissed and held him tight
But instead of saying thanks,
the snake gave her a vicious bite.
"Take me in, O tender woman.
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in, O tender woman, "
sighed the snake.
"I saved you," cried the woman
"And you've bitten me now, why?
You know your bite is poisonous
and now I'm going to die."
"Oh shut up, you stupid woman,"
said the reptile with a grin.
"You knew damned well I was a snake
before you took me in.
"Take me in, O tender woman
Take me in, for heaven's sake
Take me in oh tender woman, "
hissed the snake.
~ Al Wilson
In case you missed it the point of this clever parable in verse is that Allowing Followers of Mohammed into OUR society is a Modern Day Equivalent of the TROJAN HORSE.
I refuse to do the politicly-correct thing and try to differentiate between Good Moslems and Bad Moslems. Because it's a physical impossibility to determine which is which –– and the "Good Ones" new never seem to want to rat out the "Bad Ones," –– I insist we must laceALL Moslems under Surveillance, and preparer selves to become ruthless in DETAINING, then DEPORTING all who exhibit behavior WE deem the slightest but suspicious. In others words ALL Moslems must be put in PROBATION. I, personally don't care if they are "citizens" not. I would favor a policy that STRIPS ALL SUBVERSIVE ELEMENTS of their CITIZENSHIP, and places them under Guard at the very least.
Welcome back Warren, and yes, that was a smackdown! The problem is, I doubt whether the FBI will actually honor the subpoena, based on the DOJ direction, or if they do, it will be AFTER Nov 8.
ReplyDeleteBreaking. News....As President, Hillary Clinton will appoint Huma Abedin as Secretary of State. This according to leaked e mails between Abedin, Mrs. Clinton,
ReplyDeleteWhat is your SOURCE for that assertion? Without reference to a credible, reliable, verifiable source your comment is nothing but silly gossip.
DeleteHere is the SOURCE
Deletehttp://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/09/17/news/president-clinton-will-appoint-huma-abedin-as-secretary-of-state-say-wiki-leaked-emails/1969.html
Well, there's something to be said about trusting a free weekly print paper.....many of the other "articles" were even more co edit than this one. Think Weekly World News....
DeleteWe've seen a lot of this stuff. From Ted Cruz grilling the ICE tool to Trey Gowdy grilling various tools. And nothing happens. I understand nothing happens because of the obama and his goons administration. What I don't understand is anyone who claims to be an American supporting this attack on America. It will remove everyone's individual liberties. Lawlessness has a way of doing that. Are we really living with an over abundance of stupid dumbasses?
ReplyDeleteKid,
DeleteNothing happens at the politician level because so many are getting some kind of rake-off.
As for Americans' willingness to let this kind of corruption continue, I think that there is both significant apathy and significant stupidity.
Agree. Unless ESPN shoves it down their throat it ain't happening.
DeleteKid, you know my phrase "If you want a really important issue to just suddenly disappear, get Darryl Isis or Gowdy to have a hearing and show the astonishing hypocrisy or untruths in the situation and IT"S GONE!" Poof! HOW? WHY?????
DeleteI'll tell you how...MEDIA. The dishonest media is what Andrew Breitbart was fighting when he died, he was NOT for the sometimes ridiculous rightwing exaggerated c**p Breitbart.com is covering NOW, I assure you.
Your opinion seems awfully cynical, Ms AOW. You might just as well say straight out that nothing but extra money and promises of special privileges motivates anyone in government or anywhere else. I doubt if even ten percent of Americans are even faintly aware of what goes on outside their own little lives. And those who are realize that they have no power to do anything anyway, except grouse to each each other on blogs and at the local bar.
DeleteThe minority of eligible voters who still bother to go to the polls are beginning to realize that our votes don't really count anyway, because the vote counting process is undoubtedly tampered with.
So what's the use of trying to participagte in a system we've effectively been locked out of?
Trevor,
DeleteI continue to vote because I'm tenacious -- and see it as as my civic duty.
But, yes, I'm cynical about politics. I always have been!
I learned at my mother's knee just how slimy politics is when there is a dearth of statesmen.
Z,
DeleteThe media are in control, aren't they?
Z, Agree of course. Want to get me laughing, just say "Checks and Balances"
DeleteIf the following is true, HRC has good reason to coerce the hiding of certain emails:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailydot.com/layer8/reddit-paul-combetta-email-prn/
It's a sad day when it becomes obvious that the FBI has been corrupted by politics and is no longer accountable to the people's elected representatives. As Chaffetz suggests, it is VERY worrying when these agencies can decide for themselves what rules to follow and which not to. How many times have we seen this in the Obama Administration and particularly as it relates to matters of law enforcement (immigration law anyone?).
ReplyDeleteThis kind of thing will only get worse if Hillary is elected.
Mike,
DeleteI guess that some people are above the law. It's not supposed to be that way.
The Clintons always skate. Why is that?
FT,
ReplyDeletePut this into google.
WikiLeaks: Clinton Would Make Abedin Secretary of S
Can't we go back to speculating about Hillary's health? ;)
ReplyDelete"Can't we go back to speculating about Hillary's health? ;)"
ReplyDeleteYes, I suppose so, if there was "health" to begin with!
:)
DeleteThe whole story...
DeleteI know quite a bit about eyes not tracking properly because Mr. AOW had that same problem -- and prism lenses, too -- after the brain hemorrhage he had on September 15, 2009. The doctor did not pronounce him mentally competent until his eyes again tracked properly.
DeleteWould the same apply to Hillary? Maybe.